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Maoists blockade Nepal's capital

AFP - Tue Nov 10, 6:54 am ET

Maoist activists on Tuesday blocked all roads in and out of Nepal's capital Kathmandu in the latest stage of a two-week protest against the government.

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San Francisco Chronicle - Fri Nov 6, 3:46 pm ET
1 China: Authorities launched a crackdown in far western Xinjiang province, where ethnic riots in July killed nearly 200 people. The government shut down long-distance phone lines and Internet access in the region and is hunting down people who took part in... Internet access - Government - Long distance - Telecommunication - Business
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Santa Fe New Mexican - Sat Nov 7, 12:38 pm ET
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Nepal Maoists call protests to stall govt
AFP via Yahoo! News - Sun Nov 1, 4:27 am ET
Nepal's Maoists said on Sunday they would launch protests aimed at destabilising the government in a dispute over the military that led to the Maoists' fall from power in May.
Remote Indian state readies for Dalai Lama visit
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Nov 6, 3:52 am ET
Buddhist monks and nuns spruced up their monasteries and hung up welcome banners Friday in anticipation of the Dalai Lama's contentious visit to this remote Indian town near the Tibetan frontier.
Students from Nepal form a growing kinship at community colleges in North Texas
Dallas Morning News - Mon Nov 2, 3:31 am ET
At home in Katmandu, Nepal, Pankaj Karki researched colleges in the United States. He initially decided to attend a university in South Dakota. But when he arrived there, he was one of just nine students from his country.
Nepal's cabinet to meet at Everest camp to highlight global warming
EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 2, 7:50 am ET
Kathmandu - Nepalese ministers are to meet at the base camp of Mount Everest to highlight the impact of climate change on the Himalayas, a minister said Monday. The entire cabinet is to travel to the camp, located at an altitude of 5,300 metres, this...
Students from Nepal form a growing kinship at community colleges in Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas Morning News - Mon Nov 2, 1:48 am ET
The country that sends the most international students to Dallas community colleges may come as a surprise. It's Nepal, a nation bordered by India and China and the home of Mount Everest and the Himalayan mountain range.
Fairfield artist combines photography, documentary
Ottumwa Courier - Sat Nov 7, 6:15 am ET
FAIRFIELD — Cody Montgomery was used to having to shift his understanding of the world around him. He was born in Detroit, but grew up in Fairfield. He has traveled extensively, spending time in much of southeast Asia.
Arunachal to host Dalai Lama despite China's protests - Feature
EARTHtimes.org - Sat Nov 7, 6:05 am ET
New Delhi - The remote town of Tawang in India's eastern Arunachal Pradesh was preparing Saturday for a much-awaited visit by the Dalai Lama that has stirred a hornet's nest in India-China relations. The Tibetan spiritual leader is set to embark on a...
Everest World Record Holder, Legendary Sherpas & Summiteers Make Their Way to Calgary for the Sir Edmund Hillary ...
Marketwire - Thu Nov 5, 9:24 am ET
CALGARY, ALBERTA--(Marketwire - Nov. 5, 2009) - Coast Mountain Sports, a corporate banner of The Forzani Group Ltd. (TSX:FGL), Canada's largest retailer of sporting goods, is proud to be the presenting sponsor for the fourth annual Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation Gala Dinner and Auction. This fundraising event supports the Kunde Hospital and the Sherpa People of Nepal. The Black Tie Gala will take ...
Seminar to explore spirituality in health care
The News Journal - Sat Nov 7, 3:52 am ET
What is the spiritual dimension in health care and how do nurses and other professionals use it in their work?
Under a Saudi road, migrant workers live in limbo
AFP via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 5, 3:03 am ET
Larita Delacruz sits on the concrete base of a bridge pylon, rubs her swollen belly and explains her predicament: she is five months pregnant with twins, and wants to go home to give birth.
Clifton H. W. Maloney 1937-2009
Queens Courier - Thu Nov 5, 7:03 am ET
Clifton H. W. Maloney, 71, the husband of Queens and Brooklyn Congressmember Carolyn Maloney, passed away on September 25 on Cho Oyu Mountain located, between the boarder of Nepal and China. He had reached the 27,000-foot summit on the morning of September 24, making him the oldest American to ever summit an 8,000 meter peak. He spent that night at Base Camp 3 and arrived the following day at ...
Students to hold carnival with South Asian customs
TCU Daily Skiff - Sat Nov 7, 12:50 am ET
The Brown-Lupton University Union Auditorium will be filled with sounds of Bollywood music and the smell of South Asian foods this Saturday evening. The Students for Asian Intercultural Awareness plans to hold a Mela carnival Saturday to educate students about South Asian customs.
Nepal's Cabinet to meet at Everest base camp to highlight threat from global warming
WGN TV Chicago - Mon Nov 2, 4:48 am ET
KATMANDU, Nepal (AP) — Nepal's Cabinet will hold a meeting on Mount Everest to highlight the threat from global warming, which is causing glaciers to melt in the Himalayas, an official said Monday.